Singapore legislation
Clause 26
Clause 26
Conditions of approval
(1)
In granting any approval under section 25 to any licensee, the Chief Licensing Officer may impose such conditions as the Chief Licensing Officer considers requisite or expedient having regard to the purpose of this Act.
(2)
The Chief Licensing Officer may impose —
conditions generally applicable in relation to all prescribed duties;
conditions specifically applicable in relation to a class of prescribed duties; or
conditions specifically applicable in relation to a particular prescribed duty.
(3)
In particular, an approval granted under section 25 may include conditions —
relating to the training of, and the passing of examinations or tests and obtaining of qualifications by, the licensee or individual (as the case may be) for whom the approval is granted; and
relating to the updating of the particulars of the licensee or individual (as the case may be) for whom the approval is granted.
(4)
Subject to subsections (5), (6) and (7), it is lawful for the Chief Licensing Officer to modify the conditions of an approval without compensating the licensee to whom and the individual for whom the approval is granted.
(5)
Before modifying any conditions of an approval, the Chief Licensing Officer must give notice to the licensee to whom the approval is granted —
stating that the Chief Licensing Officer proposes to make the modification in the manner as specified in the notice; and
specifying the time (being not less than 14 days after the date of service of the notice on the licensee) within which the licensee may make written representations to the Chief Licensing Officer with respect to the proposed modification.
(6)
Upon receiving any written representation mentioned in subsection (5), the Chief Licensing Officer must consider that representation and may —
reject the representation;
amend the proposed modification in such manner as the Chief Licensing Officer thinks fit having regard to the representation; or
withdraw the proposed modification.
(7)
Where —
the Chief Licensing Officer rejects any written representation under subsection (6)(a);
the Chief Licensing Officer amends any proposed modification to the conditions of the approval under subsection (6)(b); or
no written representation is received by the Chief Licensing Officer within the time specified in subsection (5)(b), or any written representation made under that subsection is subsequently withdrawn, and the licensee has not given immediate effect to the modification,the Chief Licensing Officer must issue a direction in writing to the licensee in question requiring the licensee, within the time specified by the Chief Licensing Officer, to give effect to the modification as specified in the notice under subsection (5) or as amended by the Chief Licensing Officer, as the case may be.